Greetings and Best Wishes for 2014

The President together with the Management Committee extends its greetings to each member and their family "Best Wishes for a bright and prosperous New Year 2014". We also wish to thank all our members for their support during the past year 2013 and look forward to your continued participation in supporting all our endeavours as we steer the Society in a proactive manner in achieving our goals for this year and in making the Society a most vibrant one.

January 2014 Monthly Meeting
This meeting will be held on Sunday January 19th 2014 at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary Wildlife Centre at 10.00 am. To get to this venue, you turn off the Uriah Butler Highway onto the Caroni Flyover exit and proceed west onto the road leading to the Caroni Swamp and visitors centre.
Members travelling southbound on the highway will proceed west onto the flyover, while those travelling northbound will exit west directly onto the road leading to the venue.

Monthly Show Table
There will be the monthly show table so do bring along your flowering orchids for judging.

Condolences
The Management and members of the Society extend our deepest sympathy to Eugene and Sharon Laurent on the death of their granddaughter.
Our sympathy also to Sahadaye Ragoobar-Maraj on the death of her husband.

New Members
The Society takes pleasure in welcoming the following new members to the Society:
James /Selena Amow of Freedom Street, Enterprise.
Alejandro Guzman of 137 Stuart Road, Westmoorings.
Cintra Sooknanan of 137 Stuart Road, Westmoorings.
Robert Alan Moore of 23 Cipriani Street, Ext. Morvant.
Jillian Sweeney of 206 Bell Bird Avenue, D' Abadie.
Alicia Cape of Freedom Street, Enterprise.
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Library Corner
At the beginning of each year the Management encourages new members and existing members to utilize the facilities of the library in getting to know the world of orchids.
Please ensure the safe keeping of the books you borrow and avoid delinquency.

Other
Management sincerely apologizes to the members of the Society for not being able to host the annual Christmas brunch/lunch 2013 due to unforeseen circumstances.

All members are reminded that the removal of any plant material or plants from the Aripo Savannas is prohibited by law. The savannas have been declared an Environmentally Sensitive Area by the Environmental Management Authority.

South Show 2014
The Chairman for the South Show 2014 is Gopaul Chackan and the Vice Chairman is Anis Nail Baig. More information regarding the dates and venue which are in the process of being finalized, will be advised at the next monthly meeting.